Chapter 339

340. Chapter 336: Always Have to Force Yourself

Boxing actually has a long history of development, but in this land of the Federation, people's love for boxing is actually more from the slavery period, the love of civilized people for the barbaric.

This is actually a very strange thing, expressing human contradictions to the fullest!

The more people live in luxurious residences and enjoy the best food, the more they hope to be able to eat the most original and primitive ingredients.

It's like gentlemen and ladies living in a civilized society, but they like to watch their own kind kill each other within a small range.

Before, they would let slaves kill each other to decide who among them could survive, or who could obtain better treatment, food, women, money.

And bet on these slaves to earn more profits.

The society now doesn't allow them to be so barbaric, and boxing and the like have become a new direction they are looking for.

People like to watch evenly matched boxing matches, and any other form of fighting, not because evenly matched makes it impossible to guess the result.

But because evenly matched can make both sides exert all their strength, using the most primitive way to kill each other under the civilized lights!

What they want is every wound on the body and the blood-stained ring, not when the referee says "start" and a punch ends all the fighting!

This is not what they want; what they want is the adrenaline rush brought by the killing!

But it cannot be denied that the influence of boxing is becoming larger and larger.

The coach Mo Lisi found for Ethan looks pretty good; he also has a big build, and when he saw Ethan, he was very satisfied.

He touched Ethan, and when he heard that Ethan was only twenty years old, he was even happier.

"I can be his coach, but you need to pay a tuition fee."

"One thousand five hundred dollars, a year."

He still wanted to explain why he wanted one thousand five hundred dollars, but Lans pulled open the drawer, took out a stack of money, and then counted out five hundred dollars, putting them together.

Watching this one thousand five hundred dollars being taken out so easily, the coach suddenly felt that his asking price was a bit low.

He asked half-jokingly, "Is it too late for me to say one thousand eight hundred dollars now?"

Lans also responded with a smile, "It might be a little late."

He revealed a look of regret. "If I had known, I would have said more."

However, he was still very satisfied that he could get one thousand five hundred dollars all at once. About half of this money could be used on Ethan, and the rest went into his own pocket.

He also told Lans some other rules, such as thirty percent of the prize money Ethan wins is his, effective during the agreement period.

And such as Ethan needing to move to his training ground to accept high-intensity training, perhaps only having one day of rest per week.

Lans didn't oppose this, and Ethan himself was the same.

He now had his mind full of wanting to become a championship belt boxing champion, so that everyone could have more positive understanding of Empire immigrants because of him.

Although there was a large amount of training time every week, he could still come back on weekends.

Everyone in the Lans family had their own position and work.

Enio is now running around outside all day contacting Empire immigrant gangs in the surrounding areas, helping the Lans family expand its influence.

Mo Lisi collects various intelligence on hostile gangs every day to ensure that Lans can take it out the first time he needs it.

Elvin has even more things to do; his workload is only more than others, not less than others.

Lao En, Mero...

Everyone has their own work to do, even Jeral, this guy who is handsome to the point of being beautiful, has his own work; only he doesn't know what to do.

He has a big build and isn't suitable for tailing; others can see him at a glance.

In terms of social aspects, he doesn't have Enio's talent, being able to quickly establish friendship with people and being able to talk deeply.

In terms of brains, it goes without saying; those family affairs just looking at them would make him feel a headache.

He couldn't help with the work content of the bar either; most of the time he was sitting on the sofa in the company lounge.

Perhaps it is time to find something for himself to do.

Lans was very happy that he could have such an awakening. Although even if Ethan didn't do anything for the rest of his life and was like this every day, he wouldn't care, but as a friend, brother, family member.

He still hoped Ethan could have a career of his own. Only when one has their own career can a person find the spirit and goal of striving!

"I hope we can see Ethan appear in the ring as soon as possible."

When saying goodbye to the coach, Lans expressed his expectations and put some pressure on the coach.

The coach nodded repeatedly. "I will, but the overall progress still depends on Ethan's training level. Also... does he have a social security number or something?"

This was indeed a problem, but for Lans, it was no longer a problem. "You will be able to get this number very soon."

"Then there's no problem. When there is a suitable competition, I will sign him up."

"Winning or losing isn't that important yet; what's needed now is to let him feel the atmosphere of boxing."

"You decide!" Lans shook hands again. "If there is anything, give me a call."

Ethan packed his things and left with the coach. Although he left temporarily, everyone knew that it was a bright future!

The city has become more and more chaotic in these few days. Charlie, besides still maintaining the public order in the Bay District, has gradually reduced the public order management of other areas.

Actually, there aren't that many public order cases in the Bay District that he needs to be responsible for; the criminals who create riots aren't fools.

There are so many rich people in the Bay District; why is it that in any riot or similar situation, the loss of the Bay District is the smallest?

Is it just because... people become civilized after entering the Bay District?

No!

It is because the rich people in the Bay District have many bodyguards, and they can always get some information in the first instance, allowing them to deal with it more calmly.

It's not that no one has thought about going to the Bay District to make a profit, but these people often end up with a very miserable end. They can't even see the faces of the rich, and they are beaten into sieves by bodyguards with guns.

The key is that the bodyguards of the rich did this and didn't break the law; the judges not only supported it but would also use their cases to encourage people to do so when opening court!

"Picking up weapons to defend every citizen's own legitimate rights is the basic right granted to every citizen by the sacred Constitution," the judges said to the people, and displayed those cases.

They let everyone see the fairness of the law clearly.

But if ordinary people did that, then perhaps they would have to face huge trouble. It wasn't that they read the legal provisions wrong, nor was it that there was a problem when they executed it.

It was just because they didn't have money!

What is truly wrong in this world is poverty, not anything else.

When a person meets someone poorer than himself, he is right.

But when he meets someone richer than himself, the wrong becomes him!

The city is becoming more and more chaotic, and it has gradually attracted some awareness from the state government.

On Monday of the new week, the deputy governor called the mayor to discuss the problem of the serious decline in public order in New Jincheng during this period.

"... You have to learn to manage your city, instead of making it a mess!"

The deputy governor spoke very impolitely, almost directly saying the mayor was an incompetent fool!

New Jincheng's location is very important; otherwise, they wouldn't have put the mayor in this position, and it is precisely because they know the mayor can handle it that they gave the mayor the opportunity to become the ruler of this city.

The words he said now, the actual meaning, were all expressing his dissatisfaction, and the dissatisfaction of the state government.

The mayor wasn't nervous at all. As long as the state assembly supports him, even the governor would have to use his brain to deal with him!

As a return for the assembly's support, he released many benefits to the state assembly; those greedy old things couldn't possibly not bow their heads.

"Deputy Governor, I also really want to stabilize the city's public order as soon as possible, but you should also know the particularity of New Jincheng."

"Everything here is almost firmly held by local forces. I have tried my best to reconcile the relationship, and even used my private connections to gradually let it have some improvement, releasing some from those local people's hands."

"Everything here now is the process of the 'war' between us; they are trying to create riots to force me to compromise."

"I can compromise; it only takes one phone call, and it will return to the tranquility of the past, but is this what you, the governor, and the assembly members want?"

"Let it return to the hands of the local people?"

The deputy governor was silent. New Jincheng developed too rapidly, so rapidly that they didn't have time to implement a layout, letting New Jincheng be firmly controlled in the hands of some people.

Sydney pried open a crack on this hard shell. If there is anyone who can handle the problem of New Jincheng, then it might only be him.

Regardless of whether it is removal, impeachment, or anything else, it is very difficult to get the support of the assembly, and besides, he made this call not to reprimand the mayor.

So the deputy governor, after the mayor's attitude became very tough, instead started to comfort him. "I'm not saying you should give up; I mean, do we have other means to solve this problem?"

"New Jincheng is very important, and the external problems are increasing day by day. The senators are also very concerned about the changes in New Jincheng."

He was silent for a while. "You have to let it stabilize as soon as possible. If you need any support or assistance, you can tell me; I will communicate with the governor."

The mayor said what he wanted. "Wade has already promised me that he will leave New Jincheng soon."

"Although the person behind Williams has some strength, as long as we don't give him a chance to reach out, he can't manage things here."

"Now only those stubborn gang members are left. Actually, from the beginning, we shouldn't have allowed them to grow and develop!"

"They have long had unclear relationships with local rich people, and those rich people control the police station; I can't mobilize these people at all!"

"They are creating chaos now to increase pressure on me, just to force me to compromise."

"If I really compromise, everything will be over."

"So I have an idea, an idea to catch them all in one net."

The deputy governor took a deep breath. "It sounds a bit scary; I hope it's not a terrible plan!"

The mayor laughed twice. "It's not terrible at all, and it can solve all problems at once."

"Let the militia enter the city, directly let them deal with these gang families, and pull them out by the roots!"

After the deputy governor finished listening, he laughed in anger. "Am I crazy or are you crazy?"

"The involvement of mobilizing the militia to enter the city is too great; do you know that this might make many people unlucky!"

"The governor won't agree!"

In non-essential circumstances, the army, even the militia, is not allowed to enter the city casually, let alone New Jincheng, such an important maritime shipping hub in the Northern Hemisphere.

This is no longer hitting gangs; this is a huge political event!

The mayor wasn't anxious or angry because of the deputy governor's stance; he just maintained his attitude and said unhurriedly, "What if I get hurt?"

"Someone tries to assassinate me, I get a gunshot wound, unable to show up for a short time, and the whole city falls into even crazier riots?"

The deputy governor fell into thought. If everything really is as he said, then the governor can indeed request the militia to enter the city to suppress the riot, and at the same time, Congress won't think this is an "overly intense" means.

After all, the whole city has started to be in a state of anarchy, and New Jincheng is so important that it absolutely cannot be allowed to really become completely chaotic.

This way, everyone doesn't have to bear the risks and storms brought by soldiers entering the city, and can complete the mayor's idea, but there is actually a problem here too.

That is, the mayor's gunshot wound must be able to withstand inspection.

"Have you thought it through?"

"You have to know that once the matter happens, Congress will arrange a medical team to help you recover as soon as possible, allowing you to return to work."

He made the words clearer. On the surface, it is Congress arranging a more professional medical team to help him recover from his injuries, but in reality, it is to check whether his injuries are real.

If it is true, then there is no problem; Congress will appease him.

If it is not true, then he will definitely be "sacrificed"!

After all, letting soldiers enter the city is itself a very taboo thing.

The mayor laughed twice. "For the future of New Jincheng, for the future of the state of Licalai, Excellency!"

The deputy governor was silent for a while again. He could feel the mayor's determination. "I will give you a call later; I have to communicate with the governor first."

The phone was hung up quickly. The deputy governor couldn't make the decision for this kind of thing, nor could he possibly make the decision.

If things were handled well, there was no problem, and he wouldn't have any benefits; the governor would only think he was messing around with big things.

If it wasn't handled well, it would be even worse!

The governor wouldn't even need any rhetoric to communicate with Congress; he would directly push the responsibility to him.

So he must communicate with the governor and let the governor make this decision.

However, regardless of him or the mayor, they both felt that this matter had a very high probability of being executable.

There are too many people who want to get a share of the huge profits from New Jincheng, and local people firmly hold those profitable businesses, not letting others intervene.

They actually also broke the taboo!

After hanging up the phone, the mayor's secretary was beside him. He looked at the mayor and asked softly, "Is there any need for this?"

He was referring to the mayor being attacked. To block Congress's mouth, he must really get shot!

His eyes revealed some indescribable things—shock, inability to understand, and some worship!

The mayor lit a cigarette, his face revealing a thought-provoking smile. "Whether it's worth it or not depends on how much benefit we can get from this matter."

"If I get shot and get no benefits, then I certainly won't do it; after all, this is getting shot!"

"But what if getting shot can bring us great political benefits and wealth?"

"I can use this gunshot wound in many times and many occasions in the future, especially when giving speeches."

"When I talk about clothes, the shock brought to people is far stronger than me talking for two hours."

The secretary sighed after listening. "You paid too much!"

The mayor wasn't as sentimental as him, but said very honestly, "That's because I want to get more!"

"I chatted with a magic performer a while ago; I don't know if you still remember..."

He suddenly paused, and when he spoke again, he clearly skipped what he originally wanted to say. "It's that magic performer who used a sword to pierce his own body."

The secretary nodded. "Yes, I remember; he inserted many swords into his body, piercing his body completely."

The mayor kept nodding. "That's him. I chatted with him, and he told me that there are actually many places on the human body that don't have anything."

"These places being pierced or shot through won't have very terrible consequences, of course, provided you must choose the right weapon and bullet!"

"If you use a shotgun to shoot, whoever comes will die!"

Both of them laughed.

"So during this period, I will discuss it with our gunman; he will give people a wound that looks very shocking but doesn't cause much harm to me!"

The secretary looked at his expression, which changed slightly, a bit worried, and a bit excited.

The mayor raised his hand and didn't let him continue. "I'm actually not young anymore; the opportunities in the future aren't as many as you imagine."

"I spent half my life going from a councilor's assistant to mayor. This step, which is simple for many people, exhausted half of my life."

"There isn't much time left. If I can't run forward, it's very difficult for me to go further."

He suddenly became a bit depressed. For anyone who spent half their life in the bottom layer of politics, this is a very frustrating thing!

But fortunately, he broke through, and he has the opportunity to go further.

Neither of them spoke, both looking at the bright sunshine outside the window. For a time, the room became quiet, without a single other sound!